Abbreviation Key
(Numbers after these abbreviations usually refer to paragraph or article not page)
AGD | Decree on Missionary Activity (Ad Gentes Divinitum) of Vatican II |
AH | Adversus Haereses (Against Heresies) by Irenaeus |
CCC | The Catechism of the Catholic Church (numbers refer to paragraph unless noted otherwise) |
CDF | Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Roman Curia) |
CF | The Christian Faith, edited by Neuner and Dupuis (numbers refer to paragraph, not page) |
CIC | 1983 Code of Canon Law (Corpus Iuris Canonici) for the Latin Church (canon, not page nos) |
DASp | Pius XII, 1943 Encyclical Letter Divino Afflante Spiritu |
DF | Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius of the First Vatican Council (1870) |
DH | Declaration on Religious Freedom (Dignitatis Humanae) of the Second Vatican Council |
DonV | CDF Donum Veritatis (Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian) |
DV | Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Dei Verbum) of Vatican II |
e.g. | for example (from the Latin phrase "exempli gratia") |
FC | John Paul II's Apostolic Exhortation on the Christian Family in the Modern World (Familiaris Consortio) |
GS | Vatican II's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes) |
HS | Holy Spirit |
LXX | Septuagint (Greek) translation of the Old Testament |
ME | CDF Declaration Mysterium Ecclesiae (11 May 1973) or "Declaration in Defense of the Catholic Doctrine on the Church Against Certain Errors of the Present Day" |
NAB | New American Bible Translation |
NT | New Testament |
OT | Old Testament |
PD | Leo XIII, 1893 Encyclical Letter Providentissimus Deus |
RH | John Paul II, Encyclical on the Redeemer of Man (Redemptor Hominis) |
RSV | Revised Standard Bible Translation |
SC | Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium) of Vatican II |
SP | Pope Benedict's Encyclical Letter Spiritus Paraclitus |
SS | Sacred Scripture |
STh | Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas |
Tdn | Tradition |
UR | Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio) of Vatican II |
WOG | Word of God |
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